St Hallett: the Shiraz, the whole Shiraz, and nothing but Shiraz
Australian winery St Hallett has announced that it will produce nothing but Shiraz in the future, purging all other grape varietals. Rob Geddes MW investigates this new trend.
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China’s global ‘colonization’ of vineyards
China’s thirst for wine has led to a global vineyard purchasing spree. Here, we have mapped out well-heeled Chinese buyers’ global acquisitions.
Torbreck’s new single-vineyard Grenache launched in HK
Australia’s Torbreck in Barossa has introduced a new wine to its wine range, a single vineyard Grenache called ‘Hillside’, withContinue Reading
Podcasts on preserving iconic Australian wine history launched
Seppeltsfield, one of Australia’s oldest wineries, has published a series of podcasts written and narrated by Master of Wine Andrew Caillard MW and produced by Christophe Priddle of The Grape Underground, to explore the liquid history of the 168-year-old winery.
Australia 2019 vintage yields higher than expected despite drought
Production volume of Australia’s 2019 vintage turned out to be higher than expected despite early predictions warning that the vintage could be the lowest in a decade in the country’s key wine making region Barossa, due to frost, hail and drought.